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Explanatory note

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This is the fifth commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”).

Article 2 brings the following provisions of the 2015 Act into force, so far as they are not already in force—

  • section 52 (statement by owner to end use of land as of right);

  • section 53 (exclusion of right to apply for registration); and

  • Schedule 6 (town and village greens: new Schedule 1B to the Commons Act 2006).

Article 3 makes transitional provisions in relation to applications to register land as a town or village green under section 15(1) of the Commons Act 2006.